Safe Driver (
January 23, 2008)
This certainly should not be a government "priority". It is only 40 minutes to the divided highway and besides that, people should stay in Kenora to do their shopping rather than spend the dollars in Winnipeg. Add to that the price of gas estimated to hit $1.50 per litre by summer, how much driving will people be able to afford. With the volume of Manitoba tourists coming here in summer, maybe the Manitoba government would like to participate in sharing the cost for their citizens driving to Ontario? |
N/A (
January 23, 2008)
Driving more carefully is what is needed. Saving an extra minute in travel time is not worth lives. |
Jen (
January 22, 2008)
I think the entire TransCanada should be twinned. The statistics prove this. If we can reduce the amount of accidents... why not! |
Paula (
January 22, 2008)
What is needed is what we can afford to maintain. I think more passing lanes would be more practical and easier to keep snow plowed properly. Infrastructure like maintaining MAJOR road networks to help commerce and public transportation is needed. It would be more practical and safer if some people didn't choose live in the middle of nowhere. |
Jodi (
January 21, 2008)
The highway to Vermilion Bay is in much more need of being twinned as it is twice as dangerous and twice as deadly. |
100% Canadian (
January 19, 2008)
While twining the west highway to the Manitoba border can only be good, especially since the Provincial and maybe the Federal governments will pay for it. What is needed for this area is a competitive investment environment for business (mining, forestry, etc...you know industry, that creates jobs). Don't listen to the nutty NDP candidates or others making unrealistic demands that think govenments or someone else should pay for everything. What they are helping to do is scare investment, skilled workers and taxpayers away. One thing for sure (and I don't like this fact myself), is without southern Ontario's large manufacturing base (that pays for most, if not 90% of our services and infrastructure), Northwestern Ontario, or Kenora wouldn't be able to afford to pave 10 kilometers of highway. Remember, we're losing workers, tax paying, educated people (as are many communities in forestry provinces)-meaning that fewer people are left that carry the load for others. |
The true concerned Kenorite (
January 19, 2008)
I beleive that the highway should be twinned in both directions. This should be done for safety purposes. With all of the transport trucks and the number of hills, a trip to Winnipeg or Thunder Bay would not be complete without coming over the crest of a hill or around a corner to find a transport crawling up or down a hill due to the incline.
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Busdriver (
January 19, 2008)
Dan.this is North Western Ont. |
Mike (
January 18, 2008)
While it would be nice to have the highway twinned, I don't believe it to be a top government priority. The largest problems on our highway both east and west of here is speed and not paying attention to the road. I often travel in either direction and admittedly go about 8km over the limit. I very rarely pass but am often getting passed by impatient drivers. Are we in such a hurry that we can't take 10 extra minutes to get to Winnipeg? |
Dave (
January 18, 2008)
There must be an election coming. Dangle a carrot in front of our poor cousins in northwestern ontario and they will vote for us.
The entire highway from T. Bay to the border needs replacement and twinning. It is below standard, dangerous and impossible to maintain.
Lets face it, we don't count. Roads are far too expensive here and we dont have any political credence. |
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